Condenser.



M. LEBLANG.

CONDENSER.

APPLICATION IILED DBO. s, 1906.

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CONDENSER.

APPLICATION run 1330.5, 1906.

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GONDENSER. APPLICATION FILED mm. 5, 190a.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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FRANCE. ASSIGNOR TO SOCIETE ANONYME POUR LEXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES WESTINGHOUSE-LEBLANC, OF PARIS, FRANCE CONDENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Application filed December 5, 1906, Serial No. 346,473.

To all whom it may concern:

" Beit known that I, MAURICE LEBLANC, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Villa Montmorency, Auteuil, Paris, France; have made a. new and useful Invention in Condensers, of which the following is e s cification.

This invention relates to condensers and more particularly to jet condensers.

The object of the inventionis the production of an organized apparatus which is of simple construction and effective in operation. i

The invention is embodied in an organized apparatus which comprises a jet condenser, a centrifugal pump, arranged to discharge condensing water and the products of con densotion from the condensing chamber, and an auxiliary pump which is arranged to dis charge air or nolrcondensing gases from the pump passages.

Inthe drawings accompanyin this application, Figure 1 is a partial side View and partial section of an organized apparatus embodyihg'my invention; Fig. 2 is a view of a pump included in my invention, the upper part of the view being a vertical section through the axis and the lower parts, hor izontal section through the axis; Fig. 3 is a section along the line A-A of Fig. 4'; Fig. 4: is a section along the line B-B of Fig. 3; and, Fig". 5 is a section of a valve included in my invention.

The condenser chamber 6 consists of. a vertically-disposed fluid passage, the walls of which are, provided with a port 7, which communicates with the source of vapor to be condensed, a port 8, which communicates with a supply ofconden'sing water, and a discharge port 9, which communicates with the suction port of a centrifugal v ump 10. An annular chamber-11', formed integrally with the walls of the chamber 6, communicates with the port 8 and throu h suitable passages 12 with a discharge nozz e 13.- The walls of the chamber 6 converge from the The nozzle 13 is ocated directly above the port 9 and is so constructed that the con- (lensing water is delivered to the chamber 6m :1 mass of separate rope or spray, which entirely fills the lower or converging portion of the chember 6. All .the vapor entering the port Tend; passing through the cham her 6 to the port 9 must come into intimate to the pump 10. The pump, which is spedischarge port 1.? are located.

'a fluidejecting device 18 and the discharge char e port- 16.

contact with the spray discharged from the nozzle '13 and the converging walls of the chamber 6 gradually compress or collect the mass of spray possin through the condensingchamber into a so id. stream, which is dclivered through the port 9 to the pump 10;

The steamor vapor entering the oet 7 is condensed by the Water discharged from the nozzle 13 and is discharged with the water I through the port 9. The uncondensed steam, the air and other non-condensable gases encountered in the condensing chains her 6 are mechanically carried by thestreem of water through the port 9 and delivered cially constructed, is provided with :istA-, tionary casing 14;, in which a suction port 15, a. discharge port 16 and an auxiliary or air 7 The suction port 15 communicates with the port 9 of the condenser, the air port 17 communicates with port 17 communicates with a sump pit or; well through a pipe 19 with which it is provided. The pipe 19 is provided, as is ens" t'omary, with a valve (not shown), which preventsthe return of water to the pump. The. rotor element 20 of the pump is mounted on a shaft 21, which is provided with suitable bearings, located in the casing- 14. Chambers 22 are located on each side of the rotor element and communicate with the suction ort 15 through passages 23 formed within the casing. The vortex or r worm 24 of the pumpis formed in the usual; manner arid communicates with. the dis Cylindrical chambers ere ormed on each side of the rotor element 1 around the shaft'Ql and communicate with the port 17 throughpassages 26 formed in 15 the casing.

The water from the condensing chinnbe'r 6 discharged through the port 9 is divided 1 into two streams by the passages 23 amide I livered to the chambers 22, from which it is delivered to the working passages of. them; rotor 20. The air or other non-'condensoloist? Q 13. gases entrained by the water is separated from it by centrifugal. force, the water hein projected outwardly 'and air or gas forcedi lilfi a inwardly around the. shaft. The lineof soparation between the water and gas, to some extent, efi'ects'the form of the surfaceof, to;

.tation, the boundin lines of which are bubbles by shown in Fig. 2 by otted lines w, 3 2. If the non-condensable gases separated from the water were not removed from the pump,

they would eventually invade the chambers 22 and thereby obstruct the admission pas;

sa cs 23.

Vith the pump constructed as (lESCI'IbQd and the port 17 connected to an an ejector,

the danger of choking the pump with air or as is overcome, since thcair is removed from the chambers 25 as fast as it is sc arated from the water and there is, in reallt a partial vacuum around the shaft and in the chambers 25. The non-condensable gases exhausted from the pump by the fluid e ecting device contain very ittlc, if any, water, because they cannot pass from. the chambers 22 into the chambers 25- without passing through a. portion of the rotor passages and being subjected to the separating action of the centrifugal force. An on inary dry vacuum pump could, therefore, be used to exhaust the non-condensable from the pump 10, but I have shown a preferred form of a r exhaust'er or ejector in the drawings. The ejector 18 consists of a combining t1. 3 27,, which communicates through a pipe 28 with the port 17 of the pump 10 and which communicates with a collecting chamber 29. The collecting chamber 29 communicates through a passage 29 with the interior of a ump casing 30 and it also communicates wlth a dilfusing s out 31. A collecting nozzle 32 is locate in the 1 collecting chamber 29 and between the combining tube 27 and the diffusing spout 31.

, spout 31. A pum' a n annular chamber 33 is formed between the walls of the collecting chamber 29 dndthe nozzle 32, which communicates through a passage 34 with a source of steam supply and through an annular passage 35 with the diifusing v impeller 37, which is rovided with app urality of vanes 88, is lbcated within the casing 30 and is suitably mounted on a shaft 39, which is driven at high speed by any ,suitable means. \Vatcr is admitted to the pump casing through a port 41 and is delivered to the vanes 38 through supply nozzles 42 in such a manner that the vanes will break the water into a mass of separate drops or spray and discharge it at a, igh velocity through the combining tube 27. The walls of the combining tube converge and the mass of separate drops or spray discharged from the blades 38 is collected into a stream by the converging walls of the tube 27 and delivered to the collecting nozzle 32, which, in turn, delivers the stream to the converging and diverging spout 31, which communicates with the atmosphere. The air or non'condcnsable gases in the combining tube 27 readily minqles with the spray discharged from the blur cs 38 and is mechanically carric'd in small globules or pump, in discharging the nozzle 13, by condensing chamber and into the nozzles 42,

through the be advantageously used. This Va thestrcam formed by the;converging Walls of the combining tube and discharged into the atmosphere.

The annular chzunl'lcr $53, which comm unicates with the source of steam supply through the passage 34 is effective as a fluid ejector and is utilized, auxiliary to the the airfrom the pas sages at the time of starting the pump.

In order to start the condenser, the engine to which it is connected being at, rest, the centrifugal pump 10 and the pump of the air ejecting device are started and steam is admitted through the passage 34- to the steam-ejecting nozzle to create a. vacuum in the apparatus. The water rises, due to the vacuum in the suction pipes, and flows into which it is delivered to the by which it is delivered to the rotating blades 38. then the flow of water is estabbshcd, the steam supply to the passage 34 is cut oil. and the englne to which the corn denser is connected is then supplied with steam. The water delivered to the condensing chamber 6 15 under a head which corresponds to the difference of pressure between the condensing chamber and the atmosphere and this head, in conjunction with the force acquired by the Water falling through the condensing chamber, is effective in compressing the air and discharging it into the pump 10. The air separated from the water in the pump 10 is, therefore, under relati very high pressure as compared to the pressure in the chamber 6 and consequently the ejecting device 18 will be comparatively small.

A11 accidental stoppin of the pumps will not necessitate the stopping of the engine to which the condenser is connected, as the engine can freely exhaust into the atmosphere passages of the pump 10 with out being pressure. A valve, as shown in Fig. 5, may ve when utilized would be placed between the condenser and the engine. The valve is provided with a port 44 arranged to communicate with the exhaust port of the engine, a port 45 arranged to communicate with the atmosphere and .a port 46 arran ed to communicate with the condensing c amber. A

valve 49 is provided with disks 50 and 51, which respectively cont-r01 the fipw of fluid from the port 44 through the orts 45 and 46. The arrangement is such t at when the port 44 is closed to the atmosphere or to the port 45 by the disk 50, the disk .51 openscommunication between it and the condenser chamber through the port 46. With such an arrangement, if the pump should stop working for any reason, theen inc could freely exhaust into the atmosp ere while the pumps werebmnarepaired. When subjected to an appreciable backthe pumps were renergized and under way the exhaust steam could again be turned into the condenser by shifting the valve.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now conider to represent the best embodimentthereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a device adapted to separate air from Water and to discharge the water, of a condensing chamber connected to the inlet of said device and con structed so that air passing therethrough is compressed.

2. The combination with a centrifugal device adapted toseparate air from water and to discharge the water, of a condensing chamber connected to the inlet of said device and constructed so that air passing therethrough is compressed.

'3. The combination with a device adapted to separate air from water and to discharge the water, of a condensing chamber connected to the inlet of said device and con- 5. The combination with a centrifugal ,pump constructed so as to separate water from air and to discharge the water, of a condensing chamber connected to the inlet of said pump and constructed so that air passing therethrough is com ressed a water spray nozzle in said chain er and an air pump connected with said centrifugal ump. in such a manner that the air in sai centrifugal pump is removed independently of the water discharged therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2i day of November, 1906.

MAURICE LEBLANC. \Vitnesses:

l ALBERT DELAs,

HANsoN C. Coins. 

